Liverpool vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Liverpool	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1774	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4525	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$954	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1757	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2907	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	61
😀 Quality of life	90	79
🏙️ Population	513K	605K

The cost of living in Liverpool is 59% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2461st and 4764th ($1774 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 143rd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Latvia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Liverpool compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Liverpool ranked 23rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 132nd and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Liverpool vs Riga

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	Liverpool	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.6	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.34	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$645	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1201	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.72%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2471	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.4	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.8	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.73	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.7	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1465	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15161	$13840

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Cities near Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220